"الملف 14/115 VII الملحق (B 9) أكسيد جزيرة أبو موسى: مواد خلفية حول هذه القضية" [و‎‎٢‎١‎٢] (١٩٠٤/٤٣٤)

( AflKEX ).
Ifote oyKhan Bahadur Abdul Latlf giving history of the
rejected preliminary draft of th© Oxide Oonoeeeion and ex
plaining the reason of its rejection.
.(Dated SBth March 1911).
«ith reference to the translation which you have shown to
me of what purports to be a rejected preliminary draft, dated
: t '' Qt + he0 , xide Concession executed on the loth
t f niake the observations
i note tnat the document purports to be signed by (1) Hasan
bin Ahned and (S ) All Ahmed lialeh.
fhe Hasan bin Ahmed mentioned was a retainer of Sheikh Salijr
All ABiraed Sal eh la tiie man whose identity you know as Nakhoda
All. i had nothing to do with the writing or drafting of this
document.
I remember that I had been absent on duty at Rush!re during
tii© spring oi the year in csueotion end It was on my return to
Shargah that the project for an Oxide Concession was disouss-
ed. The draft had been drawn up by Abdullah bin Hasan Samaiy-
eh and it was he who showed it to me. At the same time he and
Hakhoda All, who was also there, asked me to let my son Isa
come into the concern as they needed some one on the spot at
Shargah in order to keep in touch with Sheikhs Sagar and Salim.
I agreed, but pointed out that the terms of the proposed Con
cession as at present drafted were quite impossible, and that
neither Sheikh Sagar would confirm it nor would the Govern
ment approve it. What I escecially objected to was (1) the
sentence in which Sheikh Salim is made to say "so long as i,
my children and my brothers live, no on© will be entitled to
raise objection to it" and (8) the Inclusion of Hakhoda All
as a signatory on the document.
With regard to (1), 1 would explain that Salim was an
old man of 70, who might be expected to die at any time, and
I was taking into account the fact that if he died, we should
thenceforth